Thanks for the info everyone. I think this might be good enough for us to move forward with since we don¹t need python/java bindings and we're doing our own packaging/release anyway. It might be nice to compile an exhaustive list of the differences between the two since there might be small differences that most people might not be aware of. For example, we¹d like to apply some hardening that¹s already built into the auto tools side. We can apply it manually via cmake flags for now so it¹s not a huge deal that it¹s not yet built into the cmake system.
Also, I¹ll help improve upon the cmake system as much as I can going forward. We¹ll switch over to it sometime this month and contribute patches if anything comes up :) Thanks, Aaron On 6/21/17, 7:55 PM, "Joseph Wu" <jos...@mesosphere.io> wrote: >Here's the earlier email which has the feature comparison: > >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.apache.org_thre >ad.html_527a29b45c52a042c122c96754804983b1447b7409ffec3d635b7143-40-253Cde >v.mesos.apache.org-253E&d=DwIBaQ&c=udBTRvFvXC5Dhqg7UHpJlPps3mZ3LRxpb6__0Po >mBTQ&r=Of4_2lOwuO41tqndIfzTuDYukljy48QGHOjPpLG5Ikg&m=tIOFEs3nvAbyrLpDdQ9tT >Kuxp5VhX6z8CQCst_-pDLE&s=0H1X-xMm47jKQK8V25a60ZtbR3vHm83i7BK3sqnij2c&e= > >The list is still accurate, except that precompiled headers are no longer >"upcoming". > >On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Jeff Coffler < >jeff.coff...@microsoft.com.invalid> wrote: > >> Hi Aaron, >> >> I'd like to expand on what Andy said: >> >> If you want cross-platform development, then cmake is the only way to >>go. >> For example, if you want to build on Windows, you MUST use cmake. We >> anticipate, over time, that cmake will replace the autotools build (we >>do >> not want to maintain two build systems). The cmake system is also much >>more >> expandable (for example, while this hasn't been done on Linux, Windows >>had >> dramatic speed improvements through the use of precompiled headers - if >> someone was inclined to spend the time on Linux, I imagine similar speed >> improvements are possible). Note, by the way, that ReviewBot runs on >> Windows; if you break the Windows build, you need to fix it prior to >> committing changes. >> >> I would say: If you don't care about Java or Python bindings, and you're >> doing development (i.e. you don't need an installable package), then >>cmake >> is a fine way to go. But if you need something that only autotools does >> today, then you don't really have a choice. Regardless, when you commit >>a >> change, you need to be sure that both build systems work properly. >> >> Note that cmake is compatible with ccache. Also, FWIW, cmake also gives >> you very nice "percentage done" notifications on Linux (i.e. 85% done, >>or >> whatever), which is super nice to know how far along you are. That's a >>very >> cool feature that I just love. >> >> I agree that we sorely need a concise list of features that are missing. >> We need to understand what's missing, and judge how often missing >>features >> are used, in order to "fully bake" the cmake build system in Mesos. >> >> /Jeff >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Andy Schwartzmeyer [mailto:andsc...@microsoft.com.INVALID] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 4:12 PM >> To: dev@mesos.apache.org >> Subject: RE: The state of cmake >> >> Hi Aaron, >> >> The biggest difference right now is that the Java and Python bindings >>are >> not built whatsoever with the CMake build system. We also do not have an >> install target, so the CMake output is kind of stuck in "developer mode" >> and it won't generate an installable package. >> >> I probably would not yet recommend the CMake build system for production >> use. >> >> As far as what features are missing, I'm not aware of a concise list, >>but >> agree this is needed. Perhaps Joseph knows of one. If one does not >>exist at >> all, perhaps it's time we audit the issues and do a comparison of the >>two >> build systems as they stand now to generate this list. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Andy >> >> From: Wood, Aaron<mailto:aaron.w...@verizon.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 4:00 PM >> To: dev<mailto:dev@mesos.apache.org> >> Subject: The state of cmake >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm curious as to what the current state of came is on Linux. I noticed >> that some features that are present in the autotools build are not yet >>in >> cmake. Also, the output from a successful cmake build looks a bit >>different >> as far as the number of libraries that are produced and the number of >> symlinks created. >> >> While the output of a cmake build does seem to work fine on Linux, is >> there anything to be aware of that would cause issues for a production >> release? Is there a list of features somewhere that are in autotools >>but >> not yet in cmake? Does anyone think it is an exceptionally bad idea to >>use >> the current cmake system to produce binaries for production use? >> >> Thanks! >> -Aaron >> >>
